<adj.all> a gangling teenager a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man
adapted to wandering or roaming
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allowing ample room for ranging
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Rangy \Ran"gy\ (r[=a]n"j[y^]), a. [From {Range}, v. i.] Inclined or able to range, or rove about, for considerable distances; apt or suited for much roving, -- chiefly used of cattle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The most striking of the younger dancers, the long-limbed Darcey Bussell, whom I saw give an impressive performance in Balanchine's "Stravinsky Violin Concerto" at Covent Garden in November, has a rangy force quite new at the RB.
Tall and rangy, she wears her company's clothes unconventionally. This ease with their femininity comes, some of the women feel, from the appreciative attitude of Italian men who judge aesthetically, rather than socially like the English.
But instead of pursuing greatness on the stage, he switched to literature, and "Middlepost," his rangy and picaresque first novel, represents the expatriate actor's emotional journey back to his South African roots.
"She's a big, rangy filly, and kind of hyper around the barn.
The rangy, blond Everett had a sensational debut two weeks ago against New England, coming off the bench to pass for two touchdowns.
The rangy longhorns that made up most of the herd, trail-wise and a little tired after six days, caused little trouble on city streets and delighted the exuberant crowd in the city of about 65,000 people.